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Southern Seawater Desalination Plant
Southern Seawater Desalination Plant is located in Western AustraliaSouthern Seawater Desalination PlantLocation within Western Australia
Desalination plant
LocationBinningup, Western Australia
Coordinates33°07′43″S 115°42′10″E / 33.128556°S 115.702894°E / -33.128556; 115.702894
Estimated output300 ML (11×10^ cu ft) per day
CostA$955 million
Energy generation offsetRenewable (TBA)
TechnologyReverse Osmosis
Percent of water supplyUp to 33% of Perth demand
Operation dateJanuary 2013 (January 2013)

The Binningup Desalination Plant is a desalination plant near Binningup, Western Australia, about 150 kilometres (93 mi) south of Perth. It supplies water to the state capital Perth, as well as the nearby regional city of Bunbury and is known as the Southern Seawater Desalination Project It was designed to initially deliver 50 gigalitres (13 billion US gallons) of potable water per year but was expanded to deliver 100 gigalitres (26 billion US gallons) of potable water per year, or 33% of Perth's requirements. The plant was officially opened in September 2011 at reduced output, and was completed and operating at full capacity in January 2013.

The site is in Taranto Road, Binningup, about 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) from the coast with most of the plant situated in a now disused limestone quarry. The project includes the laying of a 30-kilometre (19 mi), 1,300-millimetre (51 in) pipeline to deliver potable water to the South West Integrated System via a storage facility near Harvey. The Harvey facility has one 33-megalitre (8.7-million-US-gallon) storage tank operational with another one under construction. There is allowance at the site for four 32-megalitre (8.5-million-US-gallon) storage tanks.

Binningup Desalination Plant

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References

  1. "Southern Seawater Desalination Project". Water Corporation. June 2009.
  2. "southern-seawater-desalination-plant". Water Corporation. 27 June 2017.
  3. "First seawater flows into Binningup desalination plant". 23 January 2013.
  4. "Southern Seawater Desalination Plant Proposal, Binningup. State Government Approval" (PDF). Department of Environment; Youth. 22 April 2009. p. 14.

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